Dumb Question? Why not 2 QBs?
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 12:55 pm
Richie, I apologize for the delayed response but I was at a family wedding this weekend and promised my family two days of full attention. I was a good boy and left the Message Boards alone even though my hotel had high-speed internet access. The fact that the bar was right next to the business center probably helped, but overall I would like to report that my family was proud of the ol' dad.
Now I've said goodbye to them for the next three weeks and it's nothing but NFFC from here on out!!!
Here's the answer to your questions:
1) We're at about 200 overall and over 150 for the NFFC. That's FULLY PAID signups. The reason I hate to post our actual numbers is that everyone sees them differently. Is 150 FULLY PAID NFFC members good or bad? Personally, I want more right now, but only Tom and I know how many people we've talked to in the last month who have guaranteed us that they will be in. I don't blame anyone for waiting until the last minute to sign up, but it makes it tough on all of us to judge exactly how many leagues we'll finish with.
We had 195 entrants for baseball's $100,000 grand prize and we GUARANTEED it despite creating a prize structure that was set up for 300 teams. So do the math and you can see where we need to land to keep the prize structure at $200,000. I think you can see we are already at a place that means baseball's prize structure is a given, so let's keep the signups coming and we'll see what happens.
I'm just trying to be honest and maybe that's a bad thing. But we feel confident that if all the fence sitters come with us, we'll finish at a level that will guarantee our current prize structure and yet still give you better odds than 602:1 to win it all. That's just being honest.
2) Why did we make it 14 teams? You can blame or thank me on this as the game concept was my idea. First of all, I knew 14 teams was unique and would present a new challenge to all those fantasy football die-hards out there who were already in 12-team leagues. I think you're seeing WCOFF guys jump in because they like this challenge and it's different than the WCOFF. I also didn't feel that an 11-week regular season was long enough to determine a regular season champion. I just felt a 13-week regular season and three weeks of playoffs was a better test of determining the best team. For $1,250, I thought a 13-week regular season was more representative for what you were paying for.
I think the NFFC format is unique, challenging and enjoyable. It will give you your money's worth of competition and fun, that's for sure. By the number of paid signups we have already, I think others agree.
Richie, I hope you decide to enter the NFFC and I'd love to talk with you about it (call me at 715-445-4612, ext. 284#), but if not I wish you all the best in all of your leagues. I won't sell you a bill of goods I can't deliver, so there's no B.S. in this sales pitch. You now know how many FULLY PAID guys we have in this contest and we'll continue to build from that. Join us and be part of an event/contest that will just continue to grow and grow in future years.
Now I've said goodbye to them for the next three weeks and it's nothing but NFFC from here on out!!!
Here's the answer to your questions:
1) We're at about 200 overall and over 150 for the NFFC. That's FULLY PAID signups. The reason I hate to post our actual numbers is that everyone sees them differently. Is 150 FULLY PAID NFFC members good or bad? Personally, I want more right now, but only Tom and I know how many people we've talked to in the last month who have guaranteed us that they will be in. I don't blame anyone for waiting until the last minute to sign up, but it makes it tough on all of us to judge exactly how many leagues we'll finish with.
We had 195 entrants for baseball's $100,000 grand prize and we GUARANTEED it despite creating a prize structure that was set up for 300 teams. So do the math and you can see where we need to land to keep the prize structure at $200,000. I think you can see we are already at a place that means baseball's prize structure is a given, so let's keep the signups coming and we'll see what happens.
I'm just trying to be honest and maybe that's a bad thing. But we feel confident that if all the fence sitters come with us, we'll finish at a level that will guarantee our current prize structure and yet still give you better odds than 602:1 to win it all. That's just being honest.
2) Why did we make it 14 teams? You can blame or thank me on this as the game concept was my idea. First of all, I knew 14 teams was unique and would present a new challenge to all those fantasy football die-hards out there who were already in 12-team leagues. I think you're seeing WCOFF guys jump in because they like this challenge and it's different than the WCOFF. I also didn't feel that an 11-week regular season was long enough to determine a regular season champion. I just felt a 13-week regular season and three weeks of playoffs was a better test of determining the best team. For $1,250, I thought a 13-week regular season was more representative for what you were paying for.
I think the NFFC format is unique, challenging and enjoyable. It will give you your money's worth of competition and fun, that's for sure. By the number of paid signups we have already, I think others agree.
Richie, I hope you decide to enter the NFFC and I'd love to talk with you about it (call me at 715-445-4612, ext. 284#), but if not I wish you all the best in all of your leagues. I won't sell you a bill of goods I can't deliver, so there's no B.S. in this sales pitch. You now know how many FULLY PAID guys we have in this contest and we'll continue to build from that. Join us and be part of an event/contest that will just continue to grow and grow in future years.